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title: "CNN Money: 1 in 5 Small Businesses Is Run by Women"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/2c35889e-a5cc-4a99-b744-3123d02fa2a6
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/cnn-money-1-in-5-small-businesses-is-run-by-women-2704938
category: "General"
published: 2017-12-05T18:13:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:09:23.385Z
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# CNN Money: 1 in 5 Small Businesses Is Run by Women

**TL;DR:** Women are opening small businesses at a faster pace than men, but face more roadblocks to success, with about one in five small businesses being majority female-owned. The numbers of majority female-owned firms jumped by 22 percent between 2007 and 2015.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-12-05. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/cnn-money-1-in-5-small-businesses-is-run-by-women-2704938).*

## Story

Right now, women are opening up small businesses at a faster pace than men. However, according to a CNN Money article , they’re facing more road blocks when it comes to being successful.

The article references a recent report published by the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Kansas City, which says that about one in five small businesses is majority female-owned. The numbers of majority female-owned firms also jumped by 22 percent between 2007 and 2015, with more than 970,000 small firms now having majority female ownership. Men, on the other hand, run three million small firms.

Dell Gines, Senior Community Affairs Advisor at the Kansas City Fed, said in a statement cited by CNN Money that women “face different sets of challenges in terms of operating and growing.” For example, women are more likely to report financial problems in the first 12 months of opening a business, even though they typically have less debt. CNN Money says that companies run by women are also more challenged to make a profit, generate revenue above $1 million and boost employment.

Cassie has over five years of digital and traditional media experience. She joined NLA after working as a television news producer in both Milwaukee and Chicago, and now specializes in aligning strategies across the board for her clients, ultimately building buzz and telling compelling stories through content marketing, social media, digital campaigns and traditional PR. Cassie has a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast and Electronic Communications from Marquette University.

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## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- Milwaukee (location)
- small business ownership (topic)
- female entrepreneurship (topic)
- business challenges (topic)
- Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Kansas City (regulator)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/cnn-money-1-in-5-small-businesses-is-run-by-women-2704938). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/2c35889e-a5cc-4a99-b744-3123d02fa2a6).